We took all our "Home Arts" and "Creative Arts" items to enter in the State Fair today.  (Sounds better than saying all ...

Another bit of a doily from all that split chain practice I've been doing.  As you can see -- I've got a center I really like.  This...

The only other things I entered this year were not tatted.  I entered these two crocheted doilies: Now I have to decide which to enter i...

Two colors of purple Lizbeth size 20 thread and Marie Smith's method of doing split chains resulted in this doily: The center is the s...

These earrings are my first try at Beanile lace tatting.  I used one of Nina Libin's free patterns.  They're made with Oren ...

All these things I entered in the County Fair have been blog-posted during the past year, so I'm sticking them all together here. The U...

Fair season is just plain fun.  I like entering my bits and pieces in the fair -- it's the one bit of exhibitionism I engage in (no need...

Jess from Tat-ilicious did a giveaway for a skein of her hand-dyed thread just for selecting colors for a variegate and giving it a name.  ...

You can't imagine the delight I felt in figuring out this split chain thing.  I could do them, but I didn't like it -- and only kn...

If you need to know how to do one, do it well, and do it easily click on over to Le Blog de Frivole !  She has posted two videos of Marie Sm...